Sixpoint Brewery - Bengali IPA

The Staple IPA by @sixpoint brewery out in Redhook NY, This is one of my go-to beers because it was what got me into IPA’s some 6 years ago. This beer has been out for a little longer however and has been a great beer ever since it has been released. The beer is called Bengali because of the orange color of the beer and the white foam making it look like Bengali tiger stripes after you have had a few too many and are seeing double… but hey! cool name regardless. This beer has some nice smoked hops and earthy flavors with a pinch of florals to give a tingle to the taste buds. This is one of their year-round beers and they produce many other cool seasonal brews that I definitely recommend to check out.

From them…

We often call BENGALI “the modern interpretation of the original homebrew draft.” But what does that mean? That first homebrew was in 2004. Two of the hop strains in the latest iteration of BENGALI didn’t even exist then! It goes even further than that, though. That original brew was qualitatively dry: meaning that even though there was plenty of sweetness to the beer, the stern bitterness kept the balance right. But IPAs have evolved and so have our palates… and this new Bengali actually doesn’t have much of either. It’s super dry — low residual sweetness — and the hop schedule, combined with these new ingredients, gets us all that satisfying hop aroma, without the sticky bitterness. The BENGALI still slashes, but by the end of the sip, you don’t feel a thing.

ABV - 6.6%

IBU - 66

Go check them out… www.sixpoint.com